Water carrier for minnows



Nov. 29, 1949 L. L. ROE

WATER CARRIER FOR MINNOWS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 22, 1946 INVENTOR.

Nov. 29, 1949 ROE WATER CARRIER FOR MINNOWS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 22, 1946 900d a 6 C c 66.. 94

F-n;.'r 30? 39 15 INVENTOR.

LOUIS I... Has

Patented Nov. 29, 1949 UNITED STAT'E S- PATENT OFFICE WATER csnama FOR MINNOWS Louis Wichita, Kans.

Application April 22, 1946, Serial No. 664,002

1 Claim. 7 1

This invention relates to a water carrier for minnows, and has for its principal object a means to aerate the water contained therein to maintain minnows alive as fishing bait.

-A further object of this invention is to provide a control for the quantity of air required fonbest results for the minnows, and means to observe the quantity and regularity of air bubbling through the water to avoid excess'agitation thereof.

A still further object of this invention-is-to supply the water in the container with air through the medium of a tube having a means to couple the same with a vehicles windshield wiper suction tube, whereby a vacuum is created in the minnow container to aerate the water. a

A still further object of this invention is to construct a minnow carrying portable device comprised of two containers, one of which is inserted within the other as partial sealing means for water carried thereby, the outer container being provided with a bail to carry the device, and suitably seated in a motor vehicle for transporting the device.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the carrier, parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view longitudinally of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a further enlarged view partly in section taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 3, looking in direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a modification of the invention, and being partly in section. I

Fig. 7 is another modification partly in section.

The carrier herein disclosed consists of an outer container I, having an open top and a head 2 to close the bottom, and a bail 3 to carry the same, and another container 4 axially positioned in the first said container and being guided by a flaring portion A adjacent the bottom thereof to maintain its axial position and space its side wall from that of the first said container. It will be understood that the bottom of last said container is open as shown in Fig. 3, while its flaring rim seats on the bottom of the first said contalner. The upper end of the inner container is closed by a head 5 that is straight aligned thereacross and having a transparent jar 6 axially posltioned thereon and upwardly extending, and an annular internally threaded rim 1 in which the jar threadedly engages and is made watertight by a gasket 8 on which the open end of the Jar seats, said annular rim being secured watertight to the head.

Adjacent one sideof the head 5 is connected a hollow vent tube 9 that has a rubber cap H] to close the outer end of the tube, said tube, when its cap is removed,'is means to avoid compression and vacuum as its container is submerged or withdrawn from the water, respectively, it being understood that live minnows for fishing bait are placed in the water While the flared rim is a further means to avoid escape of the minnows outward into the space between the walls of said containers at the time of inserting the inner container.

Secured to the underside of the head 5 is a hollow valve body portion ll, said portion at its longitudinal center having a slotted core l2 to function-as a cut-off and supply through the body portion of the valve, said core having a handle 13 outwardly positioned to turn the core for the purpose of adjustably controlling the amount of air circulation. It will be seen in Figs. 5 and 6 that one end of the body portion has one end of a'tube l4 secured thereto, while the other end extends upward and outward to form a nipple on which is removably positioned a rubber tube [5 that extends horizontally therefrom and having its other end secured to a T-coupling as at B. The other ends of the T-coupling as at C are insertable within a rubber tube is that is severed to receive the T-coupling, last said tube being a flexible coupling between the manifold and windshield wiper mechanism of the vehicle whereby the result of a vacuum is arranged for the carrier, the suction being conducted through a tube I I having one of its ends connected to the body portion of the valve, and from thence extending upward into the jar and terminating a spaced distance from the bottom of the jar which is inverted as shown in Fig. 3. Said jar is partially filled with water to avoid submerging said upper end of the tube whereby a vacuum is provided within the empty portion D of the jar which in turn will transmit suction from the empty portion E of the container through the medium of a U-shaped tube is positioned in the jar. Oneleg of the U-shaped tube communicates with the inner container above its water line, while the other leg terminates within the jar and being submerged by the water therein, and the crotch may extend upward from the water line or be submerged as desired, slightly, by which means air from the inner container above its water line may be drawn through the U-shaped tube and discharged at the open lower 5 end of the submerged leg, resulting in bubbled ascension upward along said submerged leg which action is a telltale for air drawn through water concealed in the inner container, the air being induced throughaperturesel 9 that extend through-r210 the wall 'of-saidinnercontainer, said-apertures being of greater diameter than that of the upper apertures and may not be engaged by the injection of air as the small aperturesymaywupnlyw ing upward through the water. It will-be under stood that the vacuum above the.watez lineais I sufiicient to lower the water between the walls" of the containers, whereby the smaller apertures-s will communicate with the space between the said walls for their-supply of air,- but in.,emer--.- gency a greater vacuumlmayllower the vwateretoze the apertures of the greater diameter The-above r. described condition was taken vfrom-a model and *3 proved to work as; specified; r 2

It will be :seen. in Fig.4 that. .a ball-valve- 2013 is arranged at the intake end zof-1the,--yalve%b0dyw portion H, the ball 2| 'oftheyalvebeing-actuated bya spring-221011 normal closingabutl-freeatolreilease at the time;-of pumpinga yacuum rsopthatsgn, the-air will pass-1thereby asmirawnfrom: thee: vacuum chamber D formed at;;the.-upp er endaofi-ri the glass jar, which in turn under-vacuumzstrainrn will communicate with vacuum; chamber-:=E :ofvl' while the other portion of the pipe extends downward to near the bottom of the jar and having a return bend as an exhaust for the air upward through the water.

Fig. 7 is a further modification, wherein a container 21 has one end thereof to partially close the same and having an opening at its axial center, said opening being closed by a disc-like lid 2 8 that is transparent and preferably. made hem -plasma. material, saidrlide being ilfiigedly connected as at Gand adapted toopen as indicated by dotted line H, said lid having on its peripheral edge diametrically opposite to its hinge a pihmcatemmember 29 secured to the top of the the requirement for plurally aligned bubbles pass- 5 lid so that its legs will extend outward to straddle atlireaded-stud 30, the lid being secured to a closedpositionbyaa wing nut 3| engaging on the stud. Between the side wall of the container and peripheral edge of the opening is a similar valve arranged to that described in Fig. 6 and being on thelunderside mfssaicl; containers endgthe; air. 1m ductiom tubei is :likewisert-he same as: shown rands: positionedzin theiglass :jar and 'for: the samepurespose when connected-:torthewehicle suctionmipea:

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being op'en'at: its lowersend an'd haVingLan-uppemr head; the: walls of the :inner scontainer being1fiper tured adjacent its;lower-':end;:an annular -intekze nally threaded rim integrallyjoined to the outer side nf ,the; uppertzheads-iof the inner; container,

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ing portion .cof-k first said-.tube an-d being con nectedx-to annain'suction :supp1y, a .U-shaped tube; int'saidf-ijar zzhaving -its crotch upwardlypositioned; .theaelegsnfvla'sksaldr tube extendirififii' downwardly, 'onerlege-terminating in close-"prox-rz imitywwithl :theheadrof :said inner :contalner; the? r other-deg! extendingrthroug-h said head and being by carried therebmithe said. jarsandsihner -container being ..-partia1ly. :filledr-withdwaten and :by. air suction: as controlled: by the vaive' f-resh iair Will- W drawn'from .thezanmdamspace through the inneri r containemand:fromstheincmthzougl'r-thefijar cansw ingaa -bubbling:aotiomimsairlaeontainer and Jana;

5 the Jar being an indicator to determine the quan tity of air circulation in said inner container and being controllable by the valve.

LOUIS L. ROE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Foster Mar. 3, 1931 Blashfield Sept. 25, 1934 West Mar. 4, 1941 Stowe Feb. 8, 1944 

